Assembling the Dinosaur
| Author | : Lukas Rieppel |
| Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
| Total Pages | : 337 |
| Release | : 2019-06-10 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780674737587 |
| ISBN-13 | : 067473758X |
| Rating | : 4/5 (58X Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Assembling the Dinosaur by : Lukas Rieppel
Download or read book Assembling the Dinosaur written by Lukas Rieppel and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2019-06-10 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lukas Rieppel shows how dinosaurs gripped the popular imagination and became emblems of America’s industrial power and economic prosperity during the Gilded Age. Spectacular fossils were displayed in museums financed by North America’s wealthiest tycoons, to cement their reputation as both benefactors of science and fierce capitalists.
